Chapter 2585

Sister Deline didn't remind Xia De to get ready, and the raging flames swallowed them both in the next second.

But this flame didn't bring Xia De any burning sensation. What he felt was the warm fire flow entering his soul directly, and then the massive flame established a connection between Sister Deline's soul and his soul.

This was not only the nun bestowing spirit to Xia De in the form of flame, but also the connection between the two through the "First Flame" to significantly reduce the consumption of the subsequent Mystery Lock.

"The consumption of the Zhong Lou Lover can actually be reduced like this..."

The fierce flame made the pinned worm make a more deafening buzzing sound, and also made Miss Dannister and Miss Bell retreat again and again. They could no longer see the two in the flames at this time, only feeling the sudden eruption of elements and the tide of spirit sweeping around, which in turn directly affected the spatial structure around the forest.

The young witch apprentice didn't know what this was, but the librarian lady knew:

"This is his Mystery Lock!"

The scenery of the autumn forest did not change because of this, but in the rumbling sound of the earth, the harsh sound of giant stones rubbing against each other made the two young girls surprised to see a dilapidated and crooked clock tower rising rapidly behind everyone with the shaking of the ground.

At this moment, all the hands on the clock tower dial pointed to the twelve position, and soon they were attracted by the strong wind in front of them and looked at the front again.

Xia De's eight-ring Destiny Ring and Sister Deline's twelve-ring Destiny Ring appeared completely. The rapidly rotating eight-ring Destiny Ring was even larger than the twelve-ring Destiny Ring with dark golden luster. While the two Destiny Rings collided and sparked, in the exploding flames that they couldn't see, Xia De handed the pink crystal dagger to the nun, and the nun held it and stabbed it into her heart.

On the huge eight-ring Destiny Ring, the spiritual light of the three Spirit Runes - Miracle 【Charm】, Enlightenment 【Zhong Lou Lover】, and Enlightenment 【Flesh and Blood】 - bloomed like a sun erupting on the ground. So the two Destiny Rings touched again behind the soaring flames, but this time, the twelve-ring Destiny Ring was perfectly embedded inside the eight-ring Destiny Ring.

The First Flame entwined them, the melted brass and dark golden metal stuck together, and then were perfectly fused into a crimson Destiny Ring under the pink crystal.

Boom!

In that endless light, the flames burned like a tornado toward the sky where the silver moon appeared in the daytime, until the entire forest was completely swallowed.

When Miss Dannister, who raised her arm to block her eyes, and Miss Bell, who was hiding behind her, looked around again, the surging sea of fire had replaced the autumn forest scenery. Everywhere she looked was flames, and the scorched trees trembled constantly in the sea of fire because of the distortion of the air.

The sky turned into a strange scorched yellow, but the sun and that silver moon were still clearly hanging on the edge of the sky, one on the left and one on the right.

And even though the flames licked their skin, it only brought a warm feeling.

The center of the clock tower and the sea of fire eruption and the pinned black worm had now formed a line, and the red, dry, and cracked land burned by the flames had become a neat stone slab road.

Xia De's figure had disappeared in the scattering flames at this moment, leaving only the gray-haired nun with her head lowered standing in place.

"Is this the Mystery Lock?"

The young witch apprentice had never seen such a scene, and then, amidst her shrill scream, accompanied by a rustling sound, the nun stood on the stone slab road and turned into an ash sculpture wearing a silver eye patch in the flames.

The surface of the sculpture was covered with tiny holes, and the solidified nun and the colorless sculpture set off that the eye patch with dense patterns was so gorgeous and mysterious. Then, the statue collapsed into ashes and disappeared into the sea of fire.

On the small pile of ashes left at the end, the eye patch like a silver crown lay there quietly, reflecting the dazzling light of the surrounding sea of fire.

But immediately, a large hand wrapped in gray gauze and covered with fire-red cracks picked up the eye patch.

The fusion state with Sister Deline had only been seen by Laplace Howard.

Therefore, even the red-haired girl reached out to cover her chest at this moment to keep her breathing from being so rapid. Because she clearly saw Xia De, who was over three meters tall, draped in tattered gray-black knight armor, wrapped in gray gauze, and even the edges of the skirt armor flashing with dazzling fire-red embers, tucking the shining mithril eye patch onto the upper part of his left arm.

The thick arm waved, and ashes kept falling from his body rustlingly. Then the palm pulled out the longsword 【Ashes】 wrapped in gray stone shell from the flames beside him, and sparks and cracks immediately spread toward the longsword.

The stone shell peeled off, and the sword body was covered with fire-red cracks like the armor and gray gauze on Xia De at this time. The longsword grew rapidly in the flames until it became a flame greatsword that matched Xia De's body at this time.

The waving greatsword slashed directly into the sea of fire, and the armored ash knight walked toward the worm pinned at the end of the stone slab road.

Because of the high-heat environment, sweat beads slid down the delicate and fair face of the red-haired girl watching this scene. She subconsciously licked her lips, and after realizing her loss of composure, she hurriedly looked at the girl beside her, only to find that Miss Bell was also holding her breath and watching this scene in the Mystery Lock intently.

The eighteen-year-old girl bit her lip.

And at this moment, Xia De was breathing the power of the flame with his breathing. I don't know if it was because the First Flame recovered more flames than last time, or simply because of the increase in proficiency, or because Sister Deline's control of the First Flame became more skillful, Xia De clearly felt that the power of this Mystery Lock "Zhong Lou Lover" was stronger than the state when he fought Laplace Howard in Green Lake last time.

Every part of his body was excited because of the scorching power of the First Flame at this moment, and the soul tightly attached to Sister Deline clearly felt the extreme satisfaction brought by the coldness of the nun's soul. This feeling was very strange; Sister Deline's soul was actually not as scorching as his soul.

Reaching out and summoning, the 【Staff of Yggdrasil】 that pierced the ground flew back into the hands of the tall ash knight automatically. The large hand grabbed the small staff, and then the flame cracks also spread to the long staff, making the staff grow rapidly until it matched Xia De's body at this time.

And losing the restraint of the long staff, the paradox worm curled up in the fist-sized worm shell expanded and deformed instantly. Because it was seriously injured, it could only turn into the size of an adult, but after the worm shell opened, the soft and rotten black worm body and the dense worm feet were revealed.

"According to the information given by Emilia, this paradox worm has evolved to the second stage!"

The burning 【Ashes】 slashed toward the worm, but the worm suddenly made a 'buzzing' sound. Time became abruptly slow in this sound. In Xia De's eyes, Sister Deline's figure swinging the sword turned into slow motion.

"Stability Principle!"

'Bang~' The long staff pierced into the worm's body again. The flow of time returned to normal, but the pitch-black evil object sprayed a gray-white mist toward Xia De's face.

Xia De waved his left hand impatiently to disperse this thick fog that accelerated time, and then said to Sister Deline:

"You press the tip of the sword against its body, and you stab it the moment I pull out the staff. Now that we have caught this thing, I don't believe we can't burn it!"

But the nun didn't do that, instead she lowered the raised longsword:

"Use your Mystery Lock, Zhong Lou, and merge with me."

Xia De easily understood the nun's plan. Since Sister Deline could not completely be immune to the time abnormality state, she could achieve this by merging with Xia De.

What power the second-stage "Paradox Worm" had was temporarily unclear, but it would definitely "virtualize" as well. And if Xia De, who mastered the "Stability Principle," could also use the First Flame, then no matter how powerful this worm was, it could only turn into firewood in the end.

"This idea is good, but... um... my spirit is not enough."

He said a bit awkwardly, while Sister Deline grabbed his hand:

"It doesn't matter, the flame is with you and me."

Xia De took this sentence as "I can provide you with spirit through the flame," but thinking of the movement when using the Mystery Lock, he looked at Miss Dannister again. The red-haired girl blinked at him:

"What's wrong? Need my help?"

"No, not for now."

It didn't matter if Miss Dannister saw it; this was not a secret that she couldn't know. It was just that Xia De looked at Miss Bell and the others again. The two high-ranking nuns of the 【Spiritual Cultivation Group】 didn't care, but...

Thinking that he had promised Miss Winslett in the morning that he could gradually let her know about his affairs, Xia De said:

"Miss Bell, please come over."

"What's wrong?"

The young black-haired girl walked out of the forest immediately. After seeing the worm pinned to the ground by the glowing long staff, she covered her forehead and closed her eyes immediately.

Even if this worm was seriously injured, it was a genuine "ancient evil object" that could gnaw on the World Tree. Miss Bell was obviously still a bit too weak.

"I'm going to use a very powerful sorcery, and I don't want others..."